How does Accutane work? Why does it have the side effects it does, and why are some of them permanent?

Question

I’ve recently been put on the drug and I think it would ease my mind if I knew how it actually worked.

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Answer 1

I was talking to my wife about it. She said her friends were noticeably more irritable/hormonal when they were on it, so much so that she didn’t want to go on it as a kid. It works wonders though, and I would 100% chosen to do it if my acne was bad enough to warrant it.